Change log 7.7.0

[bamf]

We have a compromise on the money cap that we think protects the integrity of the game, but also gives the community something that it has really asked for - removal of the money cap.  So with that being said, here are the changes:  

• The money cap is now variable dependent upon the amount of prestige you currently have.  The prestige values are:
  • 500,000 prestige - money cap is $1,500,000
  • 1,000,000 prestige - money cap is $2,000,000
  • 5,000,000 prestige - money cap is $6,000,000
  • 10,000,000 prestige - money cap is removed
• If your prestige falls below the threshold for your current cap, the money above that amount will automatically be converted back into prestige. Please take note of this.
• Suicide vests have become less stable on the island.  Being shot in the chest while wearing a suicide vest may result in the vest detonating on its own.  Please note: Initiation rules still apply to shooting someone with a suicide vest.  You must have initiation with the people in the area if you are going to blow someone up wearing a vest.  
• Drug runners are now requiring pilots of higher skill.
• Drug runner missions will now be more dynamic.
• Fixed a few bugs related to undercover APD officers re-gearing.
• AK variants now require the Marksman talent to continue holding the weapons.
• The Air shop in Sofia has moved to the other end of the runway due to recent rises in crime at the original location.
• Various exploit fixes.
• The radius for doing a prison break has been expanded to 20m.

Hotfix 1:

• Federal reserve gold bar spawning disabled temporarily
• Other tweaks to look for the cause of client disconnects

Hotfix 2:

• The federal reserve system has been re-enabled (gold bars will spawn again)
• The Most Prestigious list is now the Most Wealthy.  This goes by money you have stored in the bank.  
• Drug runner payouts have been tweaked to account for an error in the calculation of the reward.  This will cut both ways, but at least now it will be accurate all the time.  
• Drug runner missions will now give you slightly more time.  
• Several group cap bugs have been addressed.

Hotfix 3:

• Stuff related to the Patch.
• Asylum Exchange mailbox NPC at the Pyrgos Government complex.

Hotfix 4:

• Welcome back HUD (heads up display).
• Additional gas stations have been added to Altis.  Potentially more to come.
• The corn and rye at the prison is now more hardy.
• Checkpoint locations updated

Hotfix 5

• Meth, pure cocaine, and sugar are now more valuable.
• Tanoa has gained a second cannabis field and processor.
• The poppy field on Tanoa has moved.
• Crates in houses should now function more reliably.
• Lots of behind the scenes performance enhancements.
• APD vehicles with alarms should function more reliably.
• Suicide vests are less likely to explode when you die.

Hotfix 6:

Crates enabled again. 

Hotfix 7:

• You can now place crates again.
• Car alarms should now properly be added to vehicles.  Please select the fact that you intend to purchase an alarm before selecting the vehicle (I'll get that part working later, but for now just select alarm first).  The alarms persist even when your vehicle is stored.
• Gang tags now show in system chat when a player is downed.
• Skydiving pricing shows correctly on Tanoa now.
• Having a drink will still relax you, but will no longer impact your shooting ability in a positive manner.  
• Various exploit fixes related to restraints.

Hotfix 8:

• Pulling downed players out of a vehicle should be less likely to kill them now.
• New cadets should be able to spawn into the game.
• The federal reserve timer should be more consistent across the game now (it's 30 minutes).
• Only APD officers who have unlocked pilot coveralls will be able to see them in the APD shop.

[eleec]

Anyway first!

[TheCrestedPenguin]

FUCK

Edited September 16, 2016 by TheCrestedPenguin

[ColtonB205]

4th!

[Eli]

4 minutes ago, bamf said:

We have a compromise on the money cap that we think protects the integrity of the game, but also gives the community something that it has really asked for - removal of the money cap.  So with that being said, here are the changes:  

• The money cap is now variable dependent upon the amount of prestige you currently have.  The prestige values are:
  • 500,000 prestige - money cap is $1,500,000
  • 1,000,000 prestige - money cap is $2,000,000
  • 5,000,000 prestige - money cap is $6,000,000
  • 10,000,000 prestige - money cap is removed
• If your prestige falls below the threshold for your current cap, the money above that amount will automatically be converted back into prestige. Please take note of this.
• Suicide vests have become less stable on the island.  Being shot in the chest while wearing a suicide vest may result in the vest detonating on its own.  Please note: Initiation rules still apply to shooting someone with a suicide vest.  You must have initiation with the people in the area if you are going to blow someone up wearing a vest.  
• Drug runners are now requiring pilots of higher skill.
• Drug runner missions will now be more dynamic.
• Fixed a few bugs related to undercover APD officers re-gearing.
• AK variants now require the Marksman talent to continue holding the weapons.
• The Air shop in Sofia has moved to the other end of the runway due to recent rises in crime at the original location.
• Various exploit fixes.

AHAHAHAHA YOU GUYS ALL SUCK 14 MILLION PRESTIGE PAYED OFF BABY

[Tusken Raider]

So if you have 10m prestige and no money cap how would you get more prestige now to make the top 10 list?

[bamf]

Also of note, I did a touch of accounting of prestige last night.  People who had legacy scripted prestige may find they have a new prestige value this AM.

[bamf]

1 minute ago, Tusken Raider said:

So if you have 10m prestige and no money cap how would you get more prestige now to make the top 10 list?

The top 10 list will flip back to money instead of prestige.  

[Norwegianviking]

Love you @bamf

[HotWings]

6 minutes ago, Gnashes said:

First!

(I totally claim the suicide vest changes)

The work of a man who has been downed too many times while holding a vest

[Eli]

Just now, bamf said:

The top 10 list will flip back to money instead of prestige.  

Will the top prestige list be replaced by the top rich?

Also, if the person dies by one shot, is he the vest still going to go off? Even if I shoot him with a downing weapon?

[Leap]

What if I am prestige in call of duty

[Hanzo/Dirty Scrubz]

• Drug runners are now requiring pilots of higher skill.
• Drug runner missions will now be more dynamic.

What does this mean?

[HotWings]

1 minute ago, Gnashes said:

Except downing rounds don't do anything to it.

Dammit Gnashes, why you wait so long to become Contributor lol

[Goofy]

13 minutes ago, bamf said:

 

• Drug runners are now requiring pilots of higher skill.
• Drug runner missions will now be more dynamic.

What does this mean exactly?

[bamf]

Also:

• The radius for doing a prison break has been expanded to 20m.

   

[william]

nvm

 

 

Edited September 16, 2016 by william

[HotWings]

This patch is seriously 11/10.

12 minutes ago, Gnashes said:

Not like I had a say in when I got coding access.

Ha true, but atleast now when you come make fun of me it involves a bug fix as well xD

Edited September 16, 2016 by HotWings

[Heidelberg]

This patch is a gamechanger, much interesting.

[Rusty:)]

Can you make it so its the same money for lethals again? because rebels are literally getting 400k+ a fed and cops get nothing. and its pretty hard to taze someone and go in there and restrain them if they are a big gang, gangs are abusing feds and getting so much money of them and we get shit

Edited September 16, 2016 by Rusty:)

[Tusken Raider]

@bamfI see you still did not make gocarts loadable.

[DreamC]

 

[[USA] Richard Nixon]

24 minutes ago, bamf said:

We have a compromise on the money cap that we think protects the integrity of the game, but also gives the community something that it has really asked for - removal of the money cap.  So with that being said, here are the changes:  

• The money cap is now variable dependent upon the amount of prestige you currently have.  The prestige values are:
  • 500,000 prestige - money cap is $1,500,000
  • 1,000,000 prestige - money cap is $2,000,000
  • 5,000,000 prestige - money cap is $6,000,000
  • 10,000,000 prestige - money cap is removed
• If your prestige falls below the threshold for your current cap, the money above that amount will automatically be converted back into prestige. Please take note of this.
• Suicide vests have become less stable on the island.  Being shot in the chest while wearing a suicide vest may result in the vest detonating on its own.  Please note: Initiation rules still apply to shooting someone with a suicide vest.  You must have initiation with the people in the area if you are going to blow someone up wearing a vest.  
• Drug runners are now requiring pilots of higher skill.
• Drug runner missions will now be more dynamic.
• Fixed a few bugs related to undercover APD officers re-gearing.
• AK variants now require the Marksman talent to continue holding the weapons.
• The Air shop in Sofia has moved to the other end of the runway due to recent rises in crime at the original location.
• Various exploit fixes.
• The radius for doing a prison break has been expanded to 20m.

Just a quick question @bamf , and it may be a stupid question, but I have yet to hit money cap so I do not know. But say when I hit money cap at the 1mil and then start gaining prestige, I gain my 500,000 prestige and my cap is then raised to 1.5m, do I stop gaining prestige and then have to recap my bank account in order to gain prestige again? I hope you understand this question.

Thanks.

Edited September 16, 2016 by [USA] Richard Nixon

[bamf]

1 minute ago, [USA] Richard Nixon said:

Just a quick question @bamf , and it may be a stupid question, but I have yet to hit money cap so I do not know. But say when I hit money cap at the 1mil and then start gaining prestige, I gain my 500,000 prestige and my cap is then raised to 1.5m, do I stop gaining prestige and then have to recap my bank account in order to gain prestige again? I hope you understand this question.

Thanks.

Yes.  You have will have to have $1.5M in the bank and gain prestige in order to go to the next level.  

[KevinOB]

Very nice compromise on the money cap. People who have over 10m prestige will that excess prestige go into money, or is the prestige to money thing still in affect?

Edited September 16, 2016 by KevinOB

[Huan Lee]

27 minutes ago, bamf said:

Drug runners are now requiring pilots of higher skill.

can you be specific?

[[USA] Richard Nixon]

1 minute ago, Gnashes said:

Yes

 

1 minute ago, bamf said:

Yes.  You have will have to have $1.5M in the bank and gain prestige in order to go to the next level.  

Thank you both for the quick reply.

[bigjohn561]

Still haven't given us the reasons behind the money cap ordeal and y it was really needed..

[bamf]

1 minute ago, KevinOB said:

Very nice compromise on the money cap. People who have over 10m prestige will that excess prestige go into money?

No.  Having prestige above 10 million will become something that people will want very soon (#hype).  Plus, the ultra rich will have to have something to spend money on right?

[Monkeysz]

27 minutes ago, bamf said:

Suicide vests have become less stable on the island.  Being shot in the chest while wearing a suicide vest may result in the vest detonating on its own.  Please note: Initiation rules still apply to shooting someone with a suicide vest.  You must have initiation with the people in the area if you are going to blow someone up wearing a vest.  

No one shoot me Ill have a vest on every day

[DaX]

haahahaha and they said i wasted 10mil .... jokes on them

[HotWings]

1 minute ago, bigjohn561 said:

Still haven't given us the reasons behind the money cap ordeal and y it was really needed..

Reasons were expressly given multiple times and especially given in the notes that it was introduced.  

[bamf]

Just now, Monkeysz said:

No one shoot me Ill have a vest on every day

This wording is more to prevent people from doing stupid stuff.  I'm sure you can think of what it is.

[KevinOB]

Just now, bamf said:

No.  Having prestige above 10 million will become something that people will want very soon (#hype).  Plus, the ultra rich will have to have something to spend money on right?

How does one get more prestige once hitting 10mill prestige?

[bamf]

Just now, KevinOB said:

How does one get more prestige once hitting 10mill prestige?

That's not coded for today.  It's a problem for so few people, but envision the ability to endorse the other direction.

[Thomas]

31 minutes ago, bamf said:

10,000,000 prestige - money cap is removed

LOVE YOU @bamf 

[- RJ -]

27 minutes ago, bamf said:

Also of note, I did a touch of accounting of prestige last night.  People who had legacy scripted prestige may find they have a new prestige value this AM.

I logged out with 14 mill or so prestige to a 7,218,600 today. What happened to all my prestige?

[DaX]

1 minute ago, bamf said:

That's not coded for today.  It's a problem for so few people, but envision the ability to endorse the other direction.

so the people on the prestigious list will never change???

[KevinOB]

2 minutes ago, bamf said:

That's not coded for today.  It's a problem for so few people, but envision the ability to endorse the other direction.

No worries. Just trying to get the important questions answered.

[bamf]

Just now, - RJ - said:

I logged out with 14 mill or so prestige to a 7,218,600 today. What happened to all my prestige?

You had legacy scripted prestige.  See above for my comment on that.